Refugee boat with 100 Rohingya capsizes off Bangladesh coast; death toll reaches 12 and toll may go up

At least 12 Rohingya migrants were killed and several missing after a boat
carrying them capsized off the coast of Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar district,
police said on October nine.

"The bodies of 10 children, one man and one woman have been
recovered," Xinhua news agency quoted a senior Bangladesh police official
as saying.

He said the accident took place late October 8th night.

Law enforcement officials recovered the bodies which were floating in the
Bay of Bengal near Shah Porir Island of the district which is now home to
nearly 1 million Rohingya refugees from Myanmar, the official added.

Eleven migrants were rescued and the official said the toll might increase
as many were reported missing. A search operation is underway.

The bodies of 132 Rohingyas and a Bangladeshi boat man were recovered from
the Naf River since August 29 in at least 25 boat accidents.

Over half a million Rohingya people have fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar's
Rakhine state amid a fresh wave of violence in the region since 25 August.